Spirit elites can save money on seat selection, bags and more. (Image courtesy of Spirit Airlines)
Spirit Airlines launched a much-anticipated elite status program alongside the new Free Spirit. This program includes two status tiers Silver and Gold that provide a slew of benefits for the airline’s most frequent flyers.
You earn Spirit status by obtaining a set number of Status Qualifying Points (SQPs). These are earned by flying with Spirit or spending on a cobranded credit card (more on that soon). You have to earn 5,000 or 2,000 SQPs in a single calendar year to earn Gold or Silver status, respectively.
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A plane slid off a taxiway at Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday morning and passengers were moved onto shuttle buses. A Spirit Airlines Airbus 300 series plane arriving from Las Vegas slid off a taxiway at BWI at about 6:20 a.m., officials said. One-hundred-eleven people were on board and no one was hurt. “As the aircraft taxied to… Maryland Jan 26, 2020
A passenger who recently traveled to China and was showing flu-like symptoms was escorted off a plane at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Saturday afternoon “out of an abundance of caution,” airline and health officials say. Medical officers escorted the passenger, who had been to Beijing, off of a Southwest flight from Las Vegas. The Maryland Department of Health.
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Flying on a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo.
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The first two rows feature the big front seat, or Spirit s version of business class.
The first two rows feature the big front seat, or Spirit s version of business class.
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There are no middle seats in this eight-seat sub-cabin and the standard seats are replaced with large 20-inch wide recliners with adjustable headrests and 36 inches of pitch.
Flying on a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo.
Thomas Pallini/Business Insider
There are no middle seats in this eight-seat sub-cabin and the standard seats are replaced with large 20-inch wide recliners with adjustable headrests and 36 inches of pitch.
Thomas Pallini/Business Insider
Spirit Airlines is in the midst of a fleet renewal that will see some of Airbus newest jets join its already young fleet.
The A320neo family offers additional fuel efficiency for the airline and a quieter, more modern cabin for passengers.
I flew on a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo from Newark to Boston and saw what it was like to fly on one.
Say what you will about Spirit Airlines but one complaint that can t be levied is that the airline has an old fleet.
The average age of Spirit s fleet of over 150 Airbus A320 family aircraft is just 6.5 years old, according to Planespotters.net, and there s a good reason for that. Newer planes help keep costs down and ultra-low-cost airlines like Spirit rely on every penny of savings as fares on the airline are notoriously low.